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An Empirical Study on the Effect of Government Support on Open Innovation and Export Performance for SMEs

중소기업을 대상으로 한 개방형 혁신과 수출성과에 대한 정부지원의 효과에 관한 실증연구

  • Yang, Ji Yeon (Department of Global Business, University of Suwon) ;
  • Roh, Taewoo (Department of International Trade and Commerce, Soonchunhyang University)
  • 양지연 (수원대학교 글로벌경영학과) ;
  • 노태우 (순천향대학교 국제통상학과)
  • Received : 2019.06.04
  • Accepted : 2019.06.25
  • Published : 2019.06.30
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Abstract

This study focuses on previous research that explored the external knowledge reflecting the characteristics of SMEs and that should be considered because of the limited capacity of SMEs. This study examines the effects of open innovation and SMEs on export performance, focuses on government support as a way to supplement the limited capacity of SMEs, and analyzes the moderating effects of government support. An examination of 1,358 samples revealed that the breadth of external knowledge, depth of external knowledge, and government support had a significant impact on the export performance of SMEs. The effect of exploration of external knowledge (breadth and depth) of SMEs on the export performance of SMEs is significant both in breadth and depth when government support is provided, but only depth is significant when there is no government support.

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This work was supported by the Soonchunhyang University Research Fund.

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